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IEEE RO-MAN 2018 Nanjing/ Tai’An (Feb. 19, 2018)

IEEE RO-MAN 2018 Nanjing/ Tai’An
27-31 of August 2018

The 27th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2018, will take place in Nanjing and Tai’an, China, from 27 to 31 of August 2018. This leading forum covers state-of-the-art innovative results, the latest developments cover a wide range of topics related to Robot and Human Interactive Communication.

The theme of the conference is social intelligence in interactive robots. Original contributions including basic findings, multi-disciplinary approaches towards friendly, open and useful robots in practical/real life applications such as healthcare, industry edutainment, etc., are highly encouraged.

For this edition, at least 10 contributions among young and promising researchers will receive a grant of US$1500 (The Nanjing City Prizes) to cover travels and living costs. Moreover, the participants to the workshops will be hosted (including lodging and food) in the Sheraton Tai’An for free.

Moreover, the organizers of the conference want this conference to be social: the best place for researchers to have frank, deep and informal discussions. Social events are thus planed: in addition to the classical gala dinner, the welcome party, a free tour of Nanjing City and its famous hotpots is programmed for Aug26th (before the opening of the conference). Experiencing the high-speed train (more than 300kh/h) between Nanjing and Tai’An. And last, the visit of one of the five sacred mountains in China: the Tai’Shan (Aug31th).